Gravitymachine Member Username: Gravitymachine
Post Number: 1593 Registered: 05-2005
| Posted on Monday, April 16, 2007 - 8:09 am: | |
dumpsters, porta johns and plastic in some of the window openings... |
Ramcharger Member Username: Ramcharger
Post Number: 228 Registered: 05-2006
| Posted on Monday, April 16, 2007 - 10:32 am: | |
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E_hemingway Member Username: E_hemingway
Post Number: 1151 Registered: 11-2004
| Posted on Monday, April 16, 2007 - 10:51 am: | |
There was a short blurb in last week's Crain's about a development company buying this and turning it into condo lofts. Couldn't find the story in the online version, but it was in the print edition in the yellow, breaking news section. The blurb was pretty sparse when it came to information. It basically said the site was set for development. |
Iddude313 Member Username: Iddude313
Post Number: 64 Registered: 07-2005
| Posted on Monday, April 16, 2007 - 11:13 am: | |
all i know is that i like the pink cats in the windows |
Charlottepaul Member Username: Charlottepaul
Post Number: 792 Registered: 10-2006
| Posted on Monday, April 16, 2007 - 11:36 am: | |
I take it that it is the building with the window well? Might be kind of awkward to look across into someone else's unit. Maybe there will be circulation around those interior windows, or that space will get filled in for the circulation. |
Rocket_city Member Username: Rocket_city
Post Number: 212 Registered: 04-2006
| Posted on Monday, April 16, 2007 - 12:22 pm: | |
I hate to be the bearer of bad rumors, but I heard the building is being torn down. It's just a rumor though, and I HOPE to hear otherwise. In similar rumor news, I heard that the adjacent National City suburban lot will be redeveloped and the bank will go in a mixed use building. (Message edited by Rocket City on April 16, 2007) |
Adamjab19 Member Username: Adamjab19
Post Number: 769 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Monday, April 16, 2007 - 12:46 pm: | |
Now if only someone could turn around that hellish block of woodward from Alexandrine to Seldon. |
Lowell Board Administrator Username: Lowell
Post Number: 3796 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Monday, April 16, 2007 - 1:18 pm: | |
Development Opportunities abound. |
Futurecity Member Username: Futurecity
Post Number: 513 Registered: 05-2005
| Posted on Monday, April 16, 2007 - 2:02 pm: | |
Thanks for the photo. A great looking building...Soon to be a vibrant addition to the neighborhood! |
Bibs Member Username: Bibs
Post Number: 687 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Monday, April 16, 2007 - 2:46 pm: | |
I think this building was recently abandoned. It recently had brown aluminum frame windows. I'm sure you know what happened to them in the middle of the night! The exterior appears to be in good shape. |
Thejesus Member Username: Thejesus
Post Number: 937 Registered: 06-2006
| Posted on Monday, April 16, 2007 - 2:50 pm: | |
McLemore Development principals buy building A 150,000-square-foot building at 70 W. Alexandrine was recently purchased by a group led by McLemore Development principals, said the broker on the deal, Charles Mady Sr., CEO of Exclusive Realty in Detroit, on Friday. Plans call for 100 units of refurbished apartments. http://www.crainsdetroit.com/a pps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/2007 0408/SUB/704060331&SearchID=73 278252874184 |
Kronprinz Member Username: Kronprinz
Post Number: 267 Registered: 12-2006
| Posted on Monday, April 16, 2007 - 3:32 pm: | |
would this have originally been the "Hotel Alexandrine" ? |
Scs100 Member Username: Scs100
Post Number: 874 Registered: 12-2006
| Posted on Monday, April 16, 2007 - 3:53 pm: | |
Bibs, you are mostly correct. HUD closed the building down because it was a complete dump. All the tenants were moved to different buildings and 70 West was closed. |
Gravitymachine Member Username: Gravitymachine
Post Number: 1596 Registered: 05-2005
| Posted on Monday, April 16, 2007 - 3:54 pm: | |
it was section 8 housing up until it closed, the place was routinely broken into afterwards, hence the missing window frames, and presumably all the copper |
Danny Member Username: Danny
Post Number: 5803 Registered: 02-2004
| Posted on Monday, April 16, 2007 - 9:03 pm: | |
Po'folks kicked out for rich folks request. Cass Corridor belongs to them now. |
Bussey Member Username: Bussey
Post Number: 505 Registered: 12-2003
| Posted on Monday, April 16, 2007 - 9:07 pm: | |
you continue to amaze me danny... |
Adamjab19 Member Username: Adamjab19
Post Number: 770 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Monday, April 16, 2007 - 9:40 pm: | |
Is this the building that the Freep reported on quite a few years ago? I remember the residents boo-hooing in the article about being kicked out and having nowhere else to go even though the place was a dump. One of the first gentrification articles I remember reading about. Random thought.... |
Charlottepaul Member Username: Charlottepaul
Post Number: 912 Registered: 10-2006
| Posted on Wednesday, May 02, 2007 - 5:25 pm: | |
By chance, any more updates out there on this one? |
Emu_steve Member Username: Emu_steve
Post Number: 269 Registered: 11-2006
| Posted on Thursday, May 03, 2007 - 11:53 am: | |
http://www.detroitrising.com/m idtowndetroit.htm Has it listed with many, many more projects. I noticed the WSU ones including S. University, the engineering building, etc. This site also lists the new school of business building as "Approved." Wonder how soon they'll have ground breaking for that building? Maybe this year???? |
Apbest Member Username: Apbest
Post Number: 532 Registered: 03-2006
| Posted on Thursday, May 03, 2007 - 12:04 pm: | |
Im excited about all those brush park developments on that site....very comprehensive, stuff I havent heard about |
Hans57 Member Username: Hans57
Post Number: 113 Registered: 05-2006
| Posted on Thursday, May 03, 2007 - 12:13 pm: | |
I question the validity of some of those proposed developments. The Garfield Historic District Redevelopment Project has been on there for about three years. |